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Got to be this goes for centrist liberals, too. the story has to be that there is obviously racial differences and ethnic differences and gender differences and all of that some of that manifests itself in terms of prejudice, but the fundamental issue is that we have always regarded the individual as the measure in the west. and that's the best idea the world has ever had and if we lose that, then it's getting to be catastrophic. so, everyone should be pushing against that whether they are on the right or the left if they have any sense and the moderate left needs to disassociate themselves fr...

It got me in here. but now i learned my lesson. i ain't touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crime until the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery, whatever -- all the excuses you could think of, until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release. when we met him, he was serving a year for petty larceny and violating parole. >> i just spiraled out of control as far as criminality goes. so, i...

Of the jail's writing program and had hopes of becoming a journalist. >> we publish the "rikers review," a magazine created by inmates for inmates. it's extremely helpful. gave me computer skills, marketable skills. i'm looking forward to trying to utilize that when i get out. >> the prison journal randolph showed us included one of his poems. >> can you read a little bit of your poem? >> all right. this one's called "hold this." grip these words as if your embrace alone will help me save my life, so that i might live to give my tomorrows as payment for yesterday's debts. >> randolph says the ...

Street, i started smoking that stuff. and it didn't help me. it didn't get me anywhere. get me into trouble. it got me in here. but now i learned my lesson. i ain't touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crime until the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery, whatever -- all the excuses you could think of, until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release. when we met him, he was serving a yea...

Because when i was on the street, i started smoking that stuff. and it didn't help me. it didn't get me anywhere. get me into trouble. it got me in here. but now i learned my lesson. i ain't touching it no more. i want my life back together. >> i felt that i was going to commit crime until the day i died. i hate the government, society, america, slavery, whatever -- all the excuses you could think of, until i started to just take accountability for my own actions and responsibility for what i had done to my life. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release. when we met...